sport news Liverpool icon Neal: Young defenders can emulate my career

Liverpool's most-decorated player Phil Neal believes Jurgen Klopp's current full-backs have all the potential to emulate him.

It is almost impossible to think they could ever hope to match the ex-defender's three European Cups, one UEFA Cup, eight league titles, four League Cups, one UEFA Super Cup and five Charity Shields.

However, the 67-year-old sees a huge amount of talent in Trent Alexander-Arnold (19), Joe Gomez (20) and Andrew Robertson (23).

Phil Neal believes Jurgen Klopp's current full-backs have all the potential to emulate him

Neal (right) won an astonishing 22 trophies during his illustrious career with the Anfield club

'I love both of them (Alexander-Arnold and Robertson) and I've also said to Gomez - I bumped into him in a sponsors' lounge the other week - "You can achieve just as much as me if not more" and I'll say that to the other kids, Robertson and Alexander-Arnold,' said Neal at the launch of Forever Reds, Liverpool's official former players' association.

'I would say to them "I love you to bits" because I see a Phil Neal in all of you.

'A certain Scottish friend who I played with, Alan Hansen, once said you don't win